Celebrating Christmas 2023 in New York without coming to see the decorations at Saks Fifth Avenue and the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center would be as incongruous as not seeing the illuminated Eiffel Tower when visiting Paris. But what do we really know about the origin of this New York tradition? A little reminder is in order.
An almost century-old tradition illustrated with ten steps
The 2023 edition of the Rockefeller Center tree
This year, it was the McKinley family who donated the 25-meter-high Norway spruce planted on their property located in Binghamton in upstate New York, a 3-hour drive from Manhattan . The tree crowned with a 3D star from Swarovski made from 3 million crystals was illuminated with its 50,000 lights on November 29 by the Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, in the presence of the singer Kelly Clarkson and the always sparkling Radio City Rockettes.
It is the head gardener of Rockefeller Center, Erik Pauze, the real Santa Claus of the place and has been for 30 years now, who falls each year to the difficult task of choosing the Christmas tree and supervising its delivery and delivery. decoration every year. Looking at the 2023 specimen, we can once again say bravo and thank you to Erik. Good visit!
2023-12-12 17:03:57
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